اوغوز

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

  • اغوز (oġuz)

Etymology

See Oghuz.

Proper noun

اوغوز • (oġuz) (accusative اوغوزی (oġuzı))

  1. Oghuz, a group of southwestern Turkic people.

Adjective

اوغوز • (oġuz)(of a person)

  1. one who does not know or commit evil; pure, nice, kind
  2. naive, gullable
  3. stupid, foolable, foolish

Derived terms

  • اوغوزنامه (oġuznāme, Oghuz epic)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: Oğuz
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوغوز
  • Gagauz: oguz

Further reading

  • Oghuz Turks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[3] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “oguz”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 513

Ottoman Turkish

Proper noun

اوغوز • (oğuz)

  1. Oghuz

Noun

اوغوز • (oğuz)

  1. an Oghuz
  2. a simple man[1]
  3. a crass or vulgar person; countryman, boor; provincial[1]

Adjective

اوغوز • (oğuz)

  1. pure of heart and mind, good,[2] naive[1]
  2. stupid, simple, verdant; inexperienced[2]

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اوغوز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 193
  2. 2.0 2.1 Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوغوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 258